Do you want to understand how distorted our world is? See what kids use to play. Their toys can tell us a lot and make us reflect on the gap between the consumerist society and a society that lives in poverty. Gaming should be everyone’s right, but for too many minors it remains a privilege.
The Dollar Street project, launched a few years ago by the Gapminder Foundation which makes us see things from another point of view, that is, with the eyes of a part of the population that lives on a very low income. Gapminder’s co-founder is Anna Rosling Rönnlund, a woman who has spent 15 years of her life raising awareness about the gap that exists on the planet.
His project saw the collaboration of a team of photographers who visited 264 homes in 50 countries around the world and in each one the family’s objects were photographed, including children’s toys. Through the shots, a glimpse of life at different income levels is shown, but what appears is not always what we expect.
This series of images is a snapshot of a world where injustice and inequalities reign.
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Zimbabwe
In a house in Zimbabwe, where people live on $34 a month per person, the favorite toy is a handmade ball
Haiti
In a house in Haiti, where people live on 39 dollars a month per person, the favorite toy is a tennis ball,
Burkina Faso
In a house in Burkina Faso, where people live on 45 dollars a month per person, the favorite toy is a broken plastic doll
India
In a house in India, where people live on $65 a month per person, the favorite toy is a handmade cricket bat
Philippines
In the Philippines, in a house where people live on 98 dollars a month per person, the favorite toys are figurines
Jordan
In Jordan, in a house where people live on 249 per month per person, the favorite toy is a stuffed animal
Rwanda
In Rwanda, in a family where they live on 251 dollars per person per month, the favorite toy is a stick
United States
In a house in the United States, where people live on $855 a month per person, the favorite toy is a Lego
China
In a house in China, where people live on $2,235 per month, the favorite toy is a model of a military tank
At the age of 10 he built wooden toys for the poorest children
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